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Articles 5721 through 5820 of 18611:
- Saffron Agenda (Indian Express, SATISH K SHARMA, Apr 27, 2006)
Said my guide, “Sir, you are two weeks too early.” It was mid-October 2002 and I was visiting Kashmir for the first time. I was at Naseem Bagh, the magnificent grove of Chinar trees in the Kashmir University campus of Srinagar.
- 1 Dies In Lanka Attack On Ltte (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
At least one civilian was killed and nine wounded, including two Sri Lankan navy sailors, in fresh strikes launched by the Sri Lankan air force against the Tamil Tigers today.
- Lanka Army Strikes At Tiger Targets (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s military launched air and artillery strikes on Tamil Tiger targets in the island’s north-east on Wednesday, sending thousands fleeing their homes a day after a suicide attack shattered an already fragile ceasefire.
- 1,000 Foreign Criminals On Prowl In Uk (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Britain said on Tuesday it had freed over 1,000 foreign prisoners, including murderers, rapists and paedophiles, who should have been considered for deportation at the time of their release.
- Us Condemns Bomb Attack In Sri Lanka (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
The US has condemned the suicide bombing in Sri Lanka, targeted at the country's Army Chief Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka, describing it as an "unacceptable act of terror." Fonseka was critically injured yesterday when an LTTE suicide bomber blew herself . . .
- Pakistan’S Mfn Blindspot (Indian Express, Amiti Sen, Apr 26, 2006)
The political games played by India and Pakistan have now spilled into the economic court.
- Lanka On The Brink After Ltte Targets Army Chief (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Sri Lanka's military launched air strikes on Tuesday against Tamil Tiger-held areas near a strategic port after a female rebel suicide bomber targeted the country's top military general in Colombo.
- 12 School Going Children Among 32 Injured In Grenade Attacks (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
A day ahead of peaceful polls, at least 32 persons, including twelve school going children, were injured in separate grenade incidents in Tral and Kupwara today, while as a trooper injured in Batmaloo blast on Monday night succumbed today in a hospital.
- India, Pakistan Begin Talks On Nuclear Cbms (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Tuesday began expert-level talks on nuclear and conventional Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) during which officials from both sides are expected to finalise a draft agreement on reducing risk of nuclear accidents and . . .
- Sonia Stamp On Madurai Campaign (Statesman, Radhika Giri, Apr 26, 2006)
The visit was short, but sharp. Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi, who spoke at her maiden campaign meeting in Tamil Nadu today, made it clear that she was attempting to return a favour done by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
- Royal Irrelevance (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Apr 26, 2006)
New Delhi should have realised it was futile to continue support to the king
- Vote Dpa To Power For Welfare Of Tn: Sonia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday appealed to the people of Tamil Nadu to vote the DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance to power in the May 8 Assembly elections so that it could work in tandem with the UPA government at the Centre for . . .
- President’S Bodyguard Begins Counter-Insurgency Duties (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Apr 26, 2006)
The President's Bodyguard (PBG), largely a static unit for ceremonial duties at Rashtrapati Bhavan, has started deploying its personnel on counter-insurgency duties in Jammu and Kashmir and the North-East.
- Human Bomb Hits Lanka Army Hq (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Apr 26, 2006)
At least 10 people were killed and 29, including Sri Lankan Army Commander Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka, were critically wounded when a suspected LTTE female suicide bomber blew herself up at the heavily-guarded army headquarters here on Tuesday afternoon.
- India Terms Ltte Attack A Brazen Act Of Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday described the suicide attack on the Sri Lankan Army Commander Sarath Fonseka in Colombo as a "brazen act of terrorism."
- Words And Deeds (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 26, 2006)
It is just a coincidence that Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah have spoken more or less on similar lines at two different functions on the same day.
- Look Before You Leap (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Apr 26, 2006)
The "beauty" of India is that most people here are indifferent to subjects that apparently do not affect them directly. What are these "subjects''? Don't be surprised to see the list:
- Koirala's Task Govern And Crush Maoists (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 26, 2006)
Mr Girija Prasad Koirala, who, by all accounts, is set to be Prime Minister of Nepal once again, and the seven-party alliance which has chosen him for the job, have a heavy responsibility to discharge.
- A Lethal Mix Of Race And Rage (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 26, 2006)
The anti-immigrant British National Party is now being seen as a potential option by white working class voters disillusioned with mainstream parties.
- Who Is Afraid Of Peace With Pakistan? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Apr 26, 2006)
There is no dishonour in exploring the flexibility and leeway provided in the Constitution to satisfy the demand for self-governance in Kashmir.
- Use Of Force Against Tehran Can Exacerbate Tensions: India (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Ahead of IAEA report to the UN Security Council on Iran nuclear issue, India today warned that confrontation or use of force against Tehran could only exacerbate tensions and should be avoided at all costs.
- Justice Kohli Transferred To Jharkhand (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
A day ahead of peaceful polls, at least 32 persons, including twelve school going children, were injured in separate grenade incidents in Tral and Kupwara today, while as a trooper injured in Batmaloo blast on Monday night succumbed today in a hospital.
- Sublime To Ridiculous (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 26, 2006)
The debate over the Hutch-Orascom deal and its implications for the Indian telecom company, Hutchison-Essar, has descended from the sublime to the ridiculous.
- X-En, Supplier Held By Svo (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
day ahead of peaceful polls, at least 32 persons, including twelve school going children, were injured in separate grenade incidents in Tral and Kupwara today, while as a trooper injured in Batmaloo blast on Monday night succumbed today in a hospital.
- New Thrust In Indo-Pak Relations (Daily Excelsior, MAHENDRA VED, Apr 26, 2006)
There were reports that Omar Sharif, is a standup a Pakistani comedian will be directing a Bollywood film. Next month, breaking barriers- political, commercial and psychological-Pakistani cinemas will show three Indian films, including the 1960 . . .
- Jd(u) Plans Alliance With Jan Morcha (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Apr 26, 2006)
Janata Dal (U) is ready to align with VP Singh's newly formed Jan Morcha for the coming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. "We will join Jan Morcha," JD(U) spokesperson Sambhu Srivastava told The Pioneer.
- India Not For Use Of Force Against Iran (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 26, 2006)
"It can only exacerbate tensions in the region "
Values civilisational ties with Teheran
Issues should be resolved through dialogue
IAEA report to Security Council due on April 28
- Sri Lankan Army Chief Injured In Attack (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Apr 26, 2006)
Ten killed as woman suicide bomber blows herself up; Air Force launches deterrent sorties in the East
- Cabinet Reshuffle (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 26, 2006)
THE long-awaited federal cabinet reshuffle took place yesterday as the President took oath of office from Senators Muhammad Ali Durrani, Saleem Saifullah Khan and Nilofar Bakhtiar, and Engineer Amir Muqam, Ms Sumaira Malik and Mr Zahid Hamid as . . .
- Aiadmk, Congress Lock Horns In Srivaikuntam (Hindu, R. Vimal Kumar, Apr 26, 2006)
The constituency has always witnessed a straight contest between Congress and DMK or AIADMK since its formation in 1957
- Abbas Warns Hamas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview aired on Monday that he has the authority to remove the newly elected Hamas government from power, and warned the government that it had little choice but to negotiate with Israel.
- Pakistan Damaged Kashmir Or Vice Versa? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 25, 2006)
Syed Salahuddin, the Islamabad-based leader of Hizbul Mujahideen, the Indian-held Kashmir-based freedom-fighting militia, has said that Pakistan has caused “irreparable damage” to the cause of Kashmiri fighters by pursuing peace with India without . . .
- Pakistan, India To Hold N-Talks Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The fourth round of expert-level talks on nuclear confidence-building measures (CBMs) between Pakistan and India will begin in Islamabad today (Tuesday), the Foreign Office said.
- In Nepal, Novel Forms Of Protest And Familiar Ones Too (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 25, 2006)
Free Students Union at the T.U. Teaching Hospital organised a referendum onganatantra,lokatantra, orrajtantra
- Pakistan Cool To Reel Diplomacy (Statesman, SANJAY SINGH, Apr 25, 2006)
As India takes the cinematic route to give a push to Indo-Pak ties, the Pakistan government appears cool to the peace effort.
- Gyanendra Yields, Restores Parliament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Nepal's embattled King Gyanendra on Monday reinstated the lower house of Parliament and offered solace for those killed in weeks of pro-democracy protests, hoping to avoid a bloody showdown between his security forces and demonstrators.
- Worship Of God (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The Upanishads are the most important scriptural source for a spiritual aspirant embarking on a study of Vedanta. But, the prerequisites for undertaking Vedantic study are quite stringent; hence it is difficult for the majority of seekers.
- Banks Urged To Help Give Impetus To Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
They will disburse over 40 per cent of funds for credit to northern districts They will disburse over 40 per cent of funds for credit in northern districts
Loans of Rs. 2,808 crore disbursed among 4,95,918 farmers
Rs. 4.68 crore granted for 14 `agricu
- Jamaat Blues (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 25, 2006)
Last word has not been yet heard about the ongoing confrontation between veteran secessionist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and the leadership of his parent organisation, Jamaat-e-Islami (Jammu and Kashmir).
- Shift Gears (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 25, 2006)
Recent exchanges between New Delhi and Islamabad about the Kishanganga hydro power project in Baramulla district are for the first time laced with optimism.
- Ministry Of External Affairs X-Rayed (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Apr 25, 2006)
The blame game has started in the ministry of external affairs for the blotched policy formulation on Nepal and Indo-US nuclear deal. On both the fronts New Delhi is left with little option to manoeuvre out of the difficult situation as Kathmandu . . .
- 4 Die In Lanka Violence, Ethnic Fears Rise (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Four people were shot dead in fresh Sri Lankan violence on Monday, while the killing of six Sinhalese farmers by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels the previous day raised fears of more ethnic riots.
- Pakistan To Propose Draft On Safe Seas (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 25, 2006)
Talks on CBMs to begin today
- Politicisation Of Violence (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Apr 25, 2006)
Story of the Godhra carnage which etched deep faults in Gujarat's social landscape
- Testing Is New Wrinkle In U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Apr 25, 2006)
The United States will stick to its insistence that India adhere to a moratorium on testing atomic weapons as part of a deal that would give India access to U.S. and foreign nuclear technology for the first time in three decades, senior officials . . .
- Nepal Wins, King Hands Over The Nation’S Keys (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Apr 25, 2006)
Giving in to a key demand of pro-democracy protesters and backing off from a confrontation that had brought the kingdom to a standstill, Nepal’s King Gyanendra tonight announced the reinstatement of the dissolved parliament.
- A Slice Of American Pie (Indian Express, NIRANJAN RAMAKRISHNAN, Apr 25, 2006)
A character in a recent episode of Boston Legal said: “When the weapons of mass destruction thing turned out not to be true, I expected the American people to rise up .
- No Halfway Houses Islamabad Must Open All Doors (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 25, 2006)
In one sense, the celebration beginning with Mughal-e-Azam in Pakistani theatres - that will hopefully end the 40-year drought of Hindi films in that country - appears to make . . .
- Bending Communism Like Buddha In The Citadel Of Marxism (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Apr 25, 2006)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya has unleashed a virtual revolution in the Marxist citadel.
- No Pause In Sri Lanka's Bloodletting (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The Sri Lankan military on Monday accused Tamil rebels of slaughtering six Sinhalese rice farmers working in their fields to provoke race riots between the two ethnic groups.
- Us Plane Crashes In Afghanistan; 4 Killed (Pioneer, Noor Khan, Apr 25, 2006)
A transport plane carrying anti-narcotics officials crashed in Afghanistan on Monday, killing two people on board and two young girls on the ground and injuring at least 14 others, some of them Americans, officials and victims said.
- Diplomats Work To Cut Deal, Avoid Showdown In Nepal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Desperate to avoid a bloody showdown between Nepal's king and protesters calling for his ouster, foreign diplomats struggled on Monday to cut a deal to end weeks of protests that have left this Himalayan nation on the verge of chaos.
- Iran May Pull Out From Nsg (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hinted today that Iran would consider withdrawing from the UN nuclear agency if membership produced no benefit.
- Corruption Is Security Threat (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Apr 25, 2006)
The "beauty" of India is that most people here are indifferent to subjects that apparently do not affect them directly.
- The Ultra Menace (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 24, 2006)
The moral victory the Left Front can claim over Maoists following the impressive turnout in Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore should not blind them to the reality that the extremists in these three districts will continue to be a major headache . . .
- Separatists Don't Have Veto On Second J&k Roundtable: Govt (Press Trust of India, Ajay Kaul, Apr 24, 2006)
Taking a tough line, the Government has said the separatists groups in Jammu and Kashmir did not have a "veto" on the "success or otherwise" of the second roundtable conclave to be held in Srinagar next month.
- Election Expenses (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 24, 2006)
Cherie Blair has just written another chapter in the extensive but inconclusive debate over what constitute legitimate electoral expenses.
- Ipi Gasline Deal (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 24, 2006)
The news that the deal on the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gasline project is about to be finalised between the three countries has rekindled hopes that Islamabad and New Delhi are determined to withstand pressure from Washington to back off from . . .
- Harmony In Religious Beliefs (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Apr 24, 2006)
The Rashtriya Swayamsavak Sangh (RSS) chief, Mr K.S. Sudarshan, has made the very interesting suggestion that Muslims should accept Lord Krishna “as one of the prophets” sent by Allah.
- Bush Urges New Iraqi Govt To Unite Country (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
President George W Bush said on Sunday he had told Iraq’s new leaders they had a responsibility to unite the country and that the new government was an important milestone for the United States.
- Pakistan Damaged Kashmir Struggle, Says Salahuddin (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
The commander of Kashmir’s largest militant group said on Sunday Pakistan had caused “irreparable damage” to the Kashmiri fighters’ cause by pursuing peace without winning more concessions from India.
- Chessboard Moves On Iranian Pipeline (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has talked to President Ahmadinejad of Iran on the phone and the two are reported to have “agreed to speed up work on the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline”.
- Should Generals Speak Out? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Apr 24, 2006)
Commentators have described what has happened in the US this month as a virtual revolt, though confined to a few retired Generals. Unless put down firmly, they fear that it might become a contagion and spread to serving officers and spell the . . .
- Watch For Low-Pressure Area Extended (Business Line, Vinson Kurian, Apr 24, 2006)
The watch for the evolving low-pressure area over Southeast Bay of Bengal has been extended to the next 48 hours even as a number of weather foreign models showed the prospective system growing in strength and heading north, while skirting the . . .
- Liquidity Lack? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 24, 2006)
For days before Reserve Bank governor YV Reddy unveiled his Annual Policy last week, there was a raging debate on whether or lot there was a liquidity crunch in the system.
- Benazir, Sharif To Make Common Cause (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 24, 2006)
The two former Prime Ministers of Pakistan who live in exile, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, are to meet in London on Monday to chart out a common course of "political agenda" for the October 2007 general elections.
- Doughty Pramod Fights On; Surgery Successful (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Apr 24, 2006)
His toughest fight ever, but senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan does not show any signs of giving up... and fights on.
- Looking Forward To This Election (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
While elections can mean many things to many people, in the modern city of Coimbatore which is fast turning into a metropolis, it is linked with the hopes of freedom among some 200 odd Muslim men who are lodged in various prisons under various . . .
- American Empire-I (Statesman, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Apr 24, 2006)
Susan Sontag spoke for many Left-wing intellectuals when she excoriated American culture as “inorganic, dead, coercive, authoritarian” and insisted that what America “deserves” is to have its wealth “taken away” by the so-called Third World.
- Dmk Bid To Capture An Aiadmk Fortress (Hindu, S. Ganesan, Apr 24, 2006)
AIADMK has won five of the seven elections held since the creation of the constituency in 1977
- Mahajan Will Defeat Death, Says Vajpayee (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
"No efforts will be spared to provide good treatment"; Foreign doctors satisfied with approach: Shekhawat
- Umar Farooq May Meet Manmohan For Talks: Soz (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Apr 24, 2006)
Government committed to strengthening peace process
Advocates role for political parties as well
Assures to allocate funds for Neelnag
- "India's Smes Admired World Over" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
`It gave an opportunity to learn to the rest of Commonwealth'
- Naidu Anti-Development, Says Chief Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Lashes out at TDP leader in the latter's home district
Apparently eyeing panchayat polls, the Chief Minister uses the occasion to build up anti-TDP sentiment
Cites how the TDP chief cried foul over move to increase the capacity of Pothireddipadu head
- Biggest Crisis For Bush As Poll Ratings Slide (Hindu, Paul Harris, Apr 24, 2006)
A White House shake-up is just the beginning as George W. Bush's party fights to keep control of Congress.
- ‘$150 Billion Needed To Upgrade Infrastructure’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said 150 billion dollars investment would be required to modernise the infrastructure in the country.
- Pay More For Using Inter-Bank Atms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Atm charges for withdrawing cash from another bank’s network has been raised but it may have little impact as majority of ATM users do not utilise this facility.
- New Pm Seen As Weak By Iraqi Media (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Apr 24, 2006)
The Iraqi press reacted cautiously to the appointment of Jawad al-Maliki as the prime minister in the country’s first four-year elected government for decades. Commentators writing in Sunday’s papers viewed him as a sectarian figure who will not be . . .
- Sri Lanka Urges Eu To Blacklist Ltte (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Apr 24, 2006)
Reiterating its commitment to a political settlement to the bloody ethnic conflict through negotiation with the LTTE, the government of Sri Lanka on Sunday urged the European Community to ban the Tamil Tigers in the EU member countries to pressure . . .
- New Delhi Out Of Step (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 24, 2006)
After doing the right thing on Nepal for more than a year, India runs the risk of putting itself out of step with the Himalayan kingdom's inspiring democratic revolution by betting on King Gyanendra's last throw of the dice.
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